2012 Laurence Olivier Awards
Winners and nominees from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
2012 Laurence Olivier Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award | - | Billy Elliot |
| BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award | - | Jersey Boys |
| BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award | - | Les Miserables |
| BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award | - | Wicked |
| Best Actor | Jude Law | Anna Christie |
| Best Actor | Johnny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch | Frankenstein |
| Best Actor | Douglas Hodge | Inadmissible Evidence |
| Best Actor | James Corden | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Best Actor | David Haig | The Madness Of George III |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Reece Shearsmith | Betty Blue Eyes |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Bertie Carvel | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Nigel Lindsay | Shrek The Musical |
| Best Actor In A Musical | Paulo Szot | South Pacific |
| Best Actress | Ruth Wilson | Anna Christie |
| Best Actress | Kristen Scott Thomas | Betrayal |
| Best Actress | Lesley Manville | Grief |
| Best Actress | Celia Imrie | Noises Off |
| Best Actress | Marcia Warren | The Ladykillers |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Sarah Lancashire | Betty Blue Eyes |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Kate Fleetwood | London Road |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Actress In A Musical | Scarlett Strallen | Singin' In The Rain |
| Best Costume Design | Peter McKintosh | Crazy For You |
| Best Costume Design | Rob Howell | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Costume Design | Tim Hatley | Shrek The Musical |
| Best Costume Design | Catherine Zuber | South Pacific |
| Best Director | Rufus Norris | London Road |
| Best Director | Matthew Warchus | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Director | Nicolas Hytner | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Best Director | Sean Foley | The Ladykillers |
| Best Entertainment And Family | Shaftesbury Theatre | Derren Brown: Svengali |
| Best Entertainment And Family | Aldwych Theatre | Midnight Tango |
| Best Entertainment And Family | Garrick Theatre | Potted Potter |
| Best Entertainment And Family | Vaudeville Theatre | The Tiger Who Came To Tea |
| Best Lighting Design | Howard Harrison | Anna Christie |
| Best Lighting Design | Bruno Poet | Frankenstein |
| Best Lighting Design | Hugh Vanstone | Ghost The Musical |
| Best Lighting Design | Hugh Vanstone | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Musical Revival | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Crazy For You |
| Best Musical Revival | Palace Theatre | Singin' In The Rain |
| Best Musical Revival | Barbican Theatre | South Pacific |
| Best Musical Revival | London Palladium | The Wizard Of Oz |
| Best New Dance Production | Akram Khan Company | Desh |
| Best New Dance Production | Ballets C de la B | Gardenia |
| Best New Dance Production | Zoonation | Some Like It Hip Hop |
| Best New Dance Production | Linbury Studio | The Metamorphosis |
| Best New Musical | Novello Theatre | Betty Blue Eyes |
| Best New Musical | Piccadilly Theatre | Ghost The Musical |
| Best New Musical | Cottesloe Theatre | London Road |
| Best New Musical | Cambridge Theatre | Matilda The Musical |
| Best New Musical | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Shrek The Musical |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | Castor And Pollux |
| Best New Opera Production | ROH2 | Clemency |
| Best New Opera Production | English National Opera | The Passenger |
| Best New Play | Cottesloe Theatre | Collaborators |
| Best New Play | Jerwood Theatre Downstairs At The Royal Court | Jumpy |
| Best New Play | Lyttelton Theatre | One Man Two Guvnors |
| Best New Play | Gielgud Theatre | The Ladykillers |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Mark Addy | Collaborators |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Sheridan Smith | Flare Path |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Johnny Flynn | Jerusalem |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Oliver Chris | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role | Bryony Hannah | The Children's Hour |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Sharon D. Clarke | Ghost The Musical |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Sophie-Louise Dann | Lend Me A Tenor |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Paul Kaye | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Nigel Harman | Shrek The Musical |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical | Katherine Kingsley | Singin' In The Rain |
| Best Revival | Donmar Warehouse | Anna Christie |
| Best Revival | Theatre Royal Haymarket | Flare Path |
| Best Revival | Wyndham's Theatre | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Revival | Old Vic Theatre | Noises Off |
| Best Set Design | Rob Howell | Ghost The Musical |
| Best Set Design | Rob Howell | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Set Design | Mark Thompson | One Man, Two Guvnors |
| Best Set Design | Michael Taylor | The Ladykillers |
| Best Sound Design | Underworld, Ed Clarke | Frankenstein |
| Best Sound Design | Bobby Aitken | Ghost The Musical |
| Best Sound Design | Simon Baker | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Sound Design | Ben Ringham, Max Ringham | The Ladykillers |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Stephen Mear | Crazy For You |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Javier de Frutos | London Road |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Peter Darling | Matilda The Musical |
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Andrew Wright | Singin' In The Rain |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | Royal Exchange Theatre | Mogadishu |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Roadkill |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | Donmar Warehouse | Salt, Root and Roe |
| Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre | The Royal Court Theatre | The Village Bike |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | Sylvie Guillem | 6000 Miles Away |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | Royal Ballet | Alice's Adventures In Wonderland |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | Tommy Franzen | Some Like It Hip Hop |
| Outstanding Achievement In Dance | Edward Watson | The Metamorphosis |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Anna Nicole |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Richard Jones | Anne Nicole |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Amanda Holden | Castor And Pollux |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Richard Jones | Il Trittico |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | English National Opera | Performance Season |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Richard Jones | The Tales Of Hoffman |
| Outstanding Achievement In Opera | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Twice Through The Heart |
| Special Award | Sir Tim Rice, Dame Monica Mason | |
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